Politically Exposed Ukrainians

Viktoriya Tigipko

Businesswoman, wife of Sergiy Tigipko (MP, Party of Regions, ex-vice-prime-minister)

Viktoriya Tigipko - businesswoman, community activist, wife of former Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Labour and Social Policy, now member of the parliament Sergiy Tigipko. Victoria is managing director of venture fund "TA Venture", the general partner of a business incubator for Internet startups "Growth Up". In 2012, the Fund TA Venture launched a major project - Marketplace TOPMALL, analog of the online store Amazon.

Sergei Tigipko - member of the parliament, Deputy Chairman of the Party of Regions faction in Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Former Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine . A candidate for presidency in 2010. Banker.
In 2001 Tigipko with his ex-wife Natalia has created financial and industrial group TAS, which includes banks (InvestBank TAS, TAS-Commerzbank, TAS Businessbank) , insurance companies (TAS and TAS-Capital), enterprise Kamet-TAS, plants "Dneprometiz", "Teko" and other companies. Tigipko called financial-industrial group with initials of his daughter Tigipko Anna Sergiyivna. In 2007 Tigipko sold TAS -Commerzbank to Swedish Swedbank for 735 million dollars.
Due to recent Forbes estimates (february 2013), Sergiy Tigipko's capital is $ 1.11 billion.